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Paramount Digital Announces New Star Trek Game

Co-op action with original, standalone story penned by God of War writer and Star Trek movie team.

Captain James T. Kirk and Mister Spock are teaming up for a co-op adventure tied to director J.J. Abrams recent Star Trek reboot. Paramount Digital Entertainment announced the new game, simply dubbed Star Trek, is now in development and set for multiplatform release in summer 2012.

Digital Extremes (Dark Sector, The Darkness II) is on development duty, building the game around an original, standalone story penned by God of War writer Marianne Krawczyk in collaboration with the writer/producers of the new Star Trek films, Bob Orci and Alex Kurtzman.

"Star Trek challenges the boundaries of co-op gameplay with a galactic adventure that gamers and fans have never experienced," Paramount's Tom Lesinski said in a statement. "Working closely with the Star Trek filmmaking team throughout development, the game is sure to deliver AAA production values, a wide variety of gameplay, and all the action you would expect from the hit franchise. This will be the definitive Star Trek gaming experience."

No further details on the game were announced, but Paramount confirmed Star Trek will be on display at E3 in Los Angeles next week.

Sharkey says: Could this be the rare movie tie-in done right? Possibly. It could also be a telltale sign Paramount plans to launch the next movie in the rebooted film franchise next summer. I'll be sure to track this one down at E3.